Delicious Snacks for Your Saigon Evening Adventure

Experience the refreshing chill of iced tofu, the spicy kick of beef jerky salad, or the rich aroma of beef offal stew to make your evening in Saigon anything but dull.

Delicious Snacks for Your Saigon Evening Adventure

Here are some snack suggestions you shouldn't miss when visiting Saigon.

Iced tofu

Iced tofu is a familiar dish to many, especially to culinary enthusiasts who cannot resist this enticing treat.

In the past, tofu was usually scooped out from hot pots, mixed with a little sugar water, and added with a few slices of ginger for flavor. Nowadays, many people also add ice and coconut juice to make it easier to eat. The fragrant smell of soy combined with the richness of coconut juice, the sweetness of sugar, plus the ice cubes create a refreshing sensation when enjoyed. The price for a glass of chilled tofu is around 6,000 to 10,000 dong.

Beef Stew Offal

This is a familiar street food often sold in the alleys of Saigon. Beef offal stew consists of tender pieces of beef offal with a rich and fragrant flavor. Tripe, honeycomb tripe, intestines, liver, and kidney are the most popular parts of this dish.

A bowl of beef offal stew marinated with five-spice powder, crispy, and served with a coconut broth infused with a bit of spicy tamarind will awaken your taste buds. Beef offal stew is usually served with bread. Additionally, you can also have it with instant noodles for a different taste experience. A bowl of beef offal stew costs from 10,000 to 15,000 dong.

Crab Soup

Crab soup is a light and suitable dish for all ages, often found in markets, street vendors, or snack areas. A bowl of crab soup made from starch cooked with finely ground crab meat, scooped from the pot into a bowl while still hot, then sprinkled with a bit of pepper, coriander, and fragrant spring onions.

In addition to the basic ingredients, this dish is often enhanced with quail eggs or pig brains in many places, making its flavor more unique. However, if you want to enjoy it, you have to go early because pig brains will lose their freshness if kept for too long. The price for a bowl of soup ranges from 10,000 to 20,000 dong.

Beef Jerky Salad

This is one of the typical snacks in Saigon with a combination of sour, spicy, sweet, savory, and crunchy flavors. Fans of this dish often slurp up the broth after finishing as a way to fully enjoy the beef jerky salad.

The appeal of beef jerky salad comes from the dipping sauce with a sour and spicy flavor that soaks into every strand of papaya. This is one of the street foods that never ceases to attract young people. The price for a plate of beef jerky salad is 18,000 dong.

Beef Betel Leaves

Beef wrapped in betel leaves, also known as betel leaf beef, or beef in betel leaves. This dish has the main ingredients of beef and betel leaves prepared by grilling. When eaten, you will feel the harmonious blend of the rich flavor of beef marinated with carefully selected spices combined with the distinctive aroma of betel leaves.

What makes this dish particularly enticing is that it requires charcoal fire for grilling to create its distinctive aroma. The scent of betel leaves when ignited is fragrant, while the beef inside, thanks to its fat content, remains tender and succulent rather than becoming dry.

Beef betel leaves are best enjoyed in the late afternoon. These beef betel leaf rolls are marinated with rich flavors, and the grilled meat is not overly dry. They are served with noodles, rice paper, various types of lettuce, bitter banana, cucumber, sliced Thai star fruit, and dipping fish sauce. You can choose to sit by the roadside, enjoying the food while watching the bustling streets. Alternatively, if you prefer tranquility, you can opt for a seat inside a small alleyway. A portion of beef betel leaves, along with fatty beef, costs around 20,000 to 25,000 dong.

According to Vnexpress.net

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Reference: Travel guide Mytour